NOVEMBER 19th

—Prosody—

Patterns of Rhythm and Sound

in Poetry

–or–

Everything I Know About

Life seems to be Gathering

on My i-Pod

Richard Harned, professor in glass, will trace connections between the cadence of language as aesthetic experience and its ability to still time, among other narratives of life.

NOVEMBER 5th - Worm Compostin

Amy Youngs, associate professor in art & technology, leads an engaging discussion on Worm Composting—an aspect of her passionate involvement in environmental issues through arts and science. To see Amy’s featured instruction on worm composting, please visit:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Worm_bin_bag_for_indoor_vermicomposting_and_easy_s/

Thursday, November 12th

The Mambo Club and Other Disasters: Writing as Artmaking

Tony Mendoza, professor of photography and author of numerous acclaimed photo-narrative books will read excerpts from a recently completed autobiographical novel, The Mambo Club and Other Disasters, a coming-of-age story set in Cuba during summer of 1954. Open discussion on writing as artmaking to follow. Excerpts from The Mambo Club... have received two Ohio Arts Council creative writing fellowships.

Thursday, October 29th: Reading the Daily News (365 days for Lucio Pozzi)

Associate Professor Michael Mercil brings his on-going project to Topics Table. Following a reading from the daily news, he will host an open discussion on the role of the artist in local news media on campus; or, is thinking dead?

Google Gardens and Other Urban Adventures

Thursday, October 22nd, 11:30-12:30 (bring your lunch!)

Hosted by Professor Ardine Nelson with surprise guest Virtual Pasture's Michael Mercil as well as Franklin Park Conservatory's Bill Dawson.

Coffee and tea $.50, bring your own cup or buy one on site!

Visit topictable.blogspot.com if you would like to present a topic, lead a discussion, read a story, or check what is happening!

Thursday Oct. 15th: Art and Social Justice: Transformations and Interactions from War to the Studio

Ash Woolson, Iraq War veteran and graduate student at The Ohio State University, will be speaking about his experience during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, to his decision to work for peace and how this has influenced his artwork and his studio practice.

November 19th - Prosody

Richard Harned, Invisible Spectrum, cast glass and cast iron

• November 19 Richard Harned Prosody

About the Awkward Relationship Between Art and (Rock) Music

T-Model Ford; pencil on paper (signed by T Model Ford)

• October 1 Berry van Boekel About the Awkward Relationship Between Art and (Rock) Music

Flight from the Institution: Descent to Revolution

October 8 Flight from the Institution: Descent to Revolution
James Voorhies, director, Bureau for Open Culture/CCAD talks about the curatorial reasoning behind the current exhibition Descent to Revolution.

Visit www.descenttorevolution.info for a schedule of events/information about the exhibition and Bureau for Open Culture.